Charlie Kirk's casket will be flown from Utah to his home state of Arizona on Thursday aboard Air Force Two, accompanied by family members, Vice President JD Vance, and Second Lady Usha Vance, a source familiar with the matter told Scripps News.

Kirk, a conservative political influencer and long-time ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday while speaking at a Utah Valley University event in Orem, Utah. He was 31 years old.

Kirk was the founder of Turning Point USA, a right-wing political nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative politics on high school and college campuses across the U.S. — making him a major figure and voice within the young conservative movement, with millions of followers across his various social media platforms.

Kirk often engaged

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